This November, Freespace presents two rerun performances of Almost 55, a heartfelt solo dance created for veteran local dancer Qiao Yang, resident artist with City Contemporary Dance Company (CCDC).

After a dance career spanning four decades, including 23 years with CCDC, Qiao Yang premiered Almost 55 as her first full-length solo performance in January 2019. The physically challenging piece was developed over 12 months with Taiwanese choreography Chou Shu-yi. In brief spoken sections interspersed within the dance, Qiao Yang reveals details about her career, from performing traditional Chinese dance in her home town in Shanxi in the early 1970s, to studying contemporary dance in Guangzhou in the 1980s, and moving to Hong Kong in the 1990s. Although performed by Qiao Yang alone, Almost 55 is a conversation between two dance artists of different generations and homelands on the history of contemporary dance, and on notions of identity and home.

This celebration of Qiao Yang’s dedication to the art of dance is created with artists from Hong Kong and Taiwan, including visual artist Lee Chi-wai, sound artist Steve Hui, dance filmmaker Maurice Lai and costume designer Lin Ching-ju, former collaborator with Cloud Gate Dance Theatre.

This event is part of a three-year CCDC in Residence programme at Freespace, and City Contemporary Dance Festival 2019.

Concessions:Half price for senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities and a companion, CSSA recipients and full-time students. Ticket holders must present proof of eligibility on admission.

Online group purchase of standard tickets in the same price for the same performance in one transaction: 5% discount for 5 to 9 tickets, 10% discount for 10 to 19 tickets and 20% discount for 20 or more tickets.

Over the counter/phone group booking of any performance at any standard ticket price in one transaction: 5% discount for 5 to 9 tickets, 10% discount for 10 to 19 tickets, 20% discount for 20 or more tickets. This discount offer is only available at the Xiqu Centre and Freespace ticket offices and other outlets or by calling our ticketing hotline at (852) 2200 0022.

#Students can enjoy 60% off on one standard ticket and purchase one extra ticket at a 10% discount for an accompanying adult at each transaction.All discount prices to be rounded up to the nearest dollar.The above discounts cannot be used in conjunction with any other offers.

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To mark the start of our new three-year CCDC in Residence programme, Freespace partners with CCDC to present Re-Mark and Almost 55 – two major dance performances in this year’s City Contemporary Dance Festival 2019 – as well as the experimental virtual reality dance film Afterimage for Tomorrow